The morning after we decided to move to Victoria, I got on the bus to go to work. I was already a mess. All I could think about was how I only had about 7 more months left in Vancouver and everything that that entailed.
Backtracking....in the summer of 2007 we went to an amazing Spearhead concert at Malkin Bowl.* There was one song in particular that stuck with me, but I didn't know the name of it. That morning on the bus, I sat down, opened the album and randomly chose a song. It was the song from the concert. And the name of the song is Everybody Ona Move. Yeah, considering what was on my mind, I was a mess.
I can think of lots of times in my life when music has been a huge part of an experience for me. That bus ride was obviously one of them.The only way that I can open myself up to something major happening in my life (whether it's a new city or a new job for example) is if it causes a positive emotional reaction in me. Until yesterday, I hadn't had this experience yet with Victoria, I think this is part of what was bothering me.
These experiences happened to me daily when I first moved to Vancouver. Even after living there for years, it still happened once in awhile. I remember one morning last summer driving over the Granville Bridge and listening to this song and feeling what I can only call an emotional high.
Get this.... it happened in Victoria the other day!
I was standing on a corner downtown, looked across the street and felt Victoria "calling out to me" again, as well as a similar emotional high that I used to feel in Vancouver. I felt like I was in the right place, at the right time. The right song was even playing in my ear, which made the experience complete.
Here is the real street corner:
*If anyone who is reading this was there, do you remember how it rained?! Oh yeah...
6 comments:
I'm so glad Ladyhawke was your Victoria song - good choice and I totally GET what you are talking about. That damn Granville Street Bridge gets me every time....sigh. It can really tug on the heart strings.
I'm so glad you said that. I've been having doubts about this post, and thought I was maybe losing it.
Songs at important moments have always been an influence in my life. I believe those moments give us courage to carry through with our decisions!
Awesome! Music takes on such different meanings with context. I spend a lot of time making music in one place. When I get my royalty cheques, it makes me imagine how people listen to it in other parts of the world and what associations they might have with it. I love hearing how this music affected your experience here in Victoria!
IG - I totally agree, I can think of 5 songs off the top of my head that have given me courage to carry on, and not just mundane decisions, but big choices...
Davin - So cool to hear it from the other side. And nice to know that you realize the effect you could be having on someone's experience! It's not just notes and beats to everyone, it's more than that. You music is top notch, right up my alley!
I can also totally relate to how songs can not only influence your choices, give you courage and add a deeper emotional element when you can connect it to a surrounding, but it is also a great memory jogger: even years after living in Vancouver, whenever I hear certain songs, it takes me right back to certain parts of the city: Kits, Broadway, Cypress mountain. Ah, Vancouver!
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